Articles by India Block

No Image

Ai Weiwei’s Beijing studio demolished by Chinese authorities

August 6, 2018 India Block 0

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei took to Instagram to show Chinese authorities knocking down his studio in Beijing, with many of his artworks still inside. Weiwei, who worked with Herzog and de Meuron to design the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games, posted a series of clips showing construction machinery being used to tear

The post Ai Weiwei’s Beijing studio demolished by Chinese authorities appeared first on Dezeen.

Eight-storey sky atriums top a pair of skyscrapers by GMP in Zhengzhou

August 3, 2018 India Block 0

Gerkan, Marg and Partners has completed twin 284-metre skyscrapers that dominate the skyline of Zhengzhou, China. Two glass towers, which rise from L-shaped plinths either side of a square, have recessed “sky lobbies” positioned on alternating sides of the building. German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) won the competition to design the Greenland Central Plaza for developers

The post Eight-storey sky atriums top a pair of skyscrapers by GMP in Zhengzhou appeared first on Dezeen.

Soho House opens in Amsterdam with a colour palette drawn from the Dutch Masters

August 2, 2018 India Block 0

The latest addition to the Soho House portfolio in Amsterdam takes its cues from the art, architecture and antiques of the Dutch capital. Soho House Amsterdam has moved into the Bungehuis, a former trading office on the Spuistraat dating from the 1930s, offering up 79 bedrooms, a rooftop pool, and club facilities to its members.

The post Soho House opens in Amsterdam with a colour palette drawn from the Dutch Masters appeared first on Dezeen.

Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye sunk in Danish fjord

August 1, 2018 India Block 0

Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen has sunk a scale model of one of Le Corbusier’s most famous buildings in a Danish fjord, as a statement about the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s election. Flooded Modernity is one of 10 works on display at the Floating Art Festival on the Vejle Fjord, an art and architecture event organised by the Vejle

The post Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye sunk in Danish fjord appeared first on Dezeen.

Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims

July 31, 2018 India Block 0

Pritzker Prize-winner Shigeru Ban has joined the disaster relief effort in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, personally setting up his Paper Partition System for evacuees. The Japanese architect joined the team from the Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) to construct a set of paper and fabric dividers inside school gymnasiums where survivors of the torrential rain are taking

The post Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims appeared first on Dezeen.

Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims

July 31, 2018 India Block 0

Pritzker Prize-winner Shigeru Ban has joined the disaster relief effort in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, personally setting up his Paper Partition System for evacuees. The Japanese architect joined the team from the Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) to construct a set of paper and fabric dividers inside school gymnasiums where survivors of the torrential rain are taking

The post Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims appeared first on Dezeen.

Europe’s tallest skyscraper revealed as it nears completion

July 30, 2018 India Block 0

The RMJM-designed Lakhta Centre in St Petersburg is Russia and Europe’s tallest building – standing 462 metres high. The twisted supertall skyscraper, which finished construction in June 2018, is the 13th tallest building in the world. Its 87 floors are currently being fitted out. Developers Gazprom, a Russian gas company that will occupy most of the

The post Europe’s tallest skyscraper revealed as it nears completion appeared first on Dezeen.

BIG, MAD, MVRDV and OMA on shortlist to design Australia’s tallest building

July 27, 2018 India Block 0

Supertall skyscrapers with rainbow facades and shaped like a mountain piercing a light-up cloud are on the shortlist for Southbank – a new tower in Melbourne, which if built would be Australia’s tallest building. The competition, run by developer Beulah International, to design a £1.1 billion mixed use development in the Australian city of Melbourne has drawn entries from

The post BIG, MAD, MVRDV and OMA on shortlist to design Australia’s tallest building appeared first on Dezeen.

Belgian Pavilion promotes a “more interesting” Europe to counter rising nationalism

July 26, 2018 India Block 0

Belgium’s Venice Biennale pavilion is being used as a forum for debate about the future of Europe, in a bid to prevent the continent becoming further divided. For the duration of the Venice Architecture Biennale, visitors are invited to take a seat within the bright blue amphitheatre that fills the building and consider the various issues

The post Belgian Pavilion promotes a “more interesting” Europe to counter rising nationalism appeared first on Dezeen.

Fountains jet water over entrance to Foster + Partners’ sunken Apple store in Milan

July 26, 2018 India Block 0

In Milan the latest Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store features a dramatic water feature in an update on the traditional Italian piazza. Sunk into the square, the steps down to the store form an amphitheatre with the curtain of water providing a backdrop. The eight-metre high glass walls contain a water feature that was, according

The post Fountains jet water over entrance to Foster + Partners’ sunken Apple store in Milan appeared first on Dezeen.